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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) joined with The Advertising Council to launch a Spanish-language national public service campaign designed to encourage Hispanics to become more involved in their health care. The campaign urges Hispanics to stay healthy for their loved ones by visiting their doctor for regular screenings.

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Mary Agnes Carey, associate editor of CQ HealthBeat, discusses House approval of mental health parity legislation, insurers’ request for Medicare Advantage marketing regulations, and House and Senate approval of fiscal year 2009 budget resolutions in this week’s ”

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D-Pharm announced that it has held its Pre-IND (Investigational New Drug) meeting with the FDA to discuss the forthcoming IND submission for DP-b99, a novel drug to aid recovery following acute stroke. The Pre-IND meeting focused on the proposed plans for the Phase III clinical program and the discussion included clinical trials to date, preclinical pharmacology, toxicology data and the FDA requirements and suggestions for the IND submission.

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The American Psychiatric Association applauds recent Congressional efforts led by Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., to improve treatment for the large number of people with mental illnesses and substance use disorders who are currently incarcerated in U.S. jails and prisons. The U.S. Senate passed the Second Chance Act (H.R. 1593) this week by unanimous consent. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the legislation last fall.

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The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) has welcomed the recently published paper European guidance for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women1 from the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO).

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Solving a long-standing biological mystery, UCLA stem cell researchers have discovered that blood stem cells, the cells that later differentiate into all the cells in the blood supply, originate and are nurtured in the placenta.The discovery may allow researchers to mimic the specific embryonic microenvironment necessary for development of blood stem cells in cell culture and grow them for use in treating diseases like leukemia and aplastic anemia, said Dr.

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A University of Arizona researcher has created a new system to dramatically show American cities their relative level of vulnerability to bioterrorism.Walter W. Piegorsch, an expert on environmental risk, has placed 132 major cities - from Albany, N.Y., to Youngstown, Ohio - on a color-coded map that identifies their level of risk based on factors including critical industries, ports, railroads, population, natural environment and other factors.

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Any voter who “worries about governments dictating to women what they can do with their bodies needs to understand the danger” posed by electing Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to the presidency, St. Petersburg Times columnist Robyn Blumner writes in an opinion piece.

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Surgical robots revolutionized the treatment of prostate cancer in the past decade and robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (removal of the prostate) is the gold standard therapy for these patients. Now, a team of surgeon-researchers led by

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The 23rd Annual Congress of the European Association of Urology will be held in Milan, Italy on 26-29 March 2008. This is the second time the EAU organises its Annual Congress in Italy (Genoa, 1992) but a first for Milan, Italy’s second largest city, well known for its cosmopolitan character. This congress will once more provide a unique opportunity to listen to and share information with world-renowned experts in their fields.

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