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CytoDyn Completes Safety Testing Of Cytolin(R): Benchmark For Improved Treatment Of HIV/AIDS
CytoDyn, Inc. (Pink Sheets:CYDY) has completed safety testing of its current inventory of Cytolin®, the Company"s immune-system modulator for managing HIV disease and the public health crisis afflicting communities where the infection is spreading due to unprotected sex and the other risk factors for AIDS. Tests for specific adventitious agents and other quality parameters following purification were performed by the manufacturing facility, Vista Biologicals Corporation of Carlsbad, California. The other safety tests, including in vivo general safety using two animal species, were performed by WuXi AppTec, a fully integrated pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical-device company with facilities in St. Paul, Minnesota. WuXi AppTec provides R&D services to the biotechnology industry. Since the product is intended for use in a clinical trial, the tests conducted were those required for each new batch of a biologic agent manufactured for use in human research. The Company believes that the test results satisfy the current safety standards for the manufacturing of drugs belonging to the class of biologics. The results are summarized in the table below.
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John Muir Health Foundation Funds Advanced Robotic Technology For Minimally Invasive Surgery
John Muir Health Foundation, the charitable fundraising organization for all John Muir Health programs and services, has provided funding to enable John Muir Health to purchase two advanced high definition daVinci® Surgical Systems for its Walnut Creek and Concord campuses. Surgeons at John Muir Heath will use the daVinci® "robots" for a variety of minimally invasive urological, gynecological, gynecologic/oncologic and colorectal treatments.
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California Govenor Outlines Cuts To Address State's Budget Deficit Problems
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) outlined two budget proposals to address the state"s budget problems, and both plans would affect health care, the Los Angeles Times reports. The first proposal addresses the situation if California voters approve a set of special ballot measures intended to provide funds for fiscal year 2009-2010. The state would still face a $15.4 billion budget deficit even if voters approve the measures, and the second proposal addresses that scenario (Rothfeld, Los Angeles Times, 5/15). The governor proposed $750 million in cuts to Medi-Cal, the state"s Medicaid program, that would reduce eligibility and provider rates. The state would need to seek a federal waiver to implement the cuts. The governor also proposed eliminating eligibility for non-emergency Medi-Cal benefits for documented immigrants (Colliver, San Francisco Chronicle, 5/15). Spending for centers that provide services to people with developmental disabilities would be cut by $234 million (Zapler, San Jose Mercury News, 5/14).If voters do not approve three ballot measures, Schwarzenegger outlined $800 million in additional cuts to health and human services programs, including a proposal to eliminate Healthy Families coverage for about 225,000 children. Healthy Families is California"s CHIP (Yi et al., San Francisco Chronicle, 5/15).
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'Myths, Half-Truths, And Outright Lies About Health'

Fact or fiction? Chewing gum stays in your stomach for seven years. Cold weather makes you sick. You should never wake a sleepwalker. A dog"s mouth is cleaner than a human"s. Riley Hospital for Children physicians Aaron Carroll, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, and Rachel Vreeman, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics, both at the Indiana University School of Medicine, tackle these and other commonly held medical beliefs in a new book, laying out the science which proves or disproves them. In their introduction to Don"t Swallow Your Gum! Myths, Half-Truths, and Outright Lies About Your Body and Health, Dr. Carroll and Dr. Vreeman encourage their readers to keep an open mind as they examine the science behind the beliefs that they, and quite possibly other physicians, have accepted without question. "Our book should make your life, and the lives of your family and friends, easier because you will know which of these hypotheses science affirms and which it doesn"t," said Dr. Carroll, director of the IU Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research and a Regenstrief Institute affiliated scientist. He and Dr. Vreeman previously authored two studies on medical myths published in the peer-reviewed British Medical Journal. "We were shocked at how many people had strong reactions to the beliefs we debunked in the BMJ studies. These myths may be things people have heard since childhood, like "you lose most of your body heat through your head." Some people have a hard time letting these beliefs go," said Dr. Vreeman, a Regenstrief Institute affiliated scientist. The really fun part of writing this book was that we had believed so many of these myths - but upon reflection, we weren"t sure whether they were true or not. As health services researchers, we couldn"t resist the temptation to be myth busters," said Dr. Carroll. The new book is divided into six sections: * "Look at the size of his feet!" Myths about your body *"Do you want to catch pneumonia out there?" Myths about how we contract and treat diseases * "But I was on the pill!" Myths about sex and pregnancy * "He won"t get into Harvard without Baby Einstein." Myths about babies and children * "Don"t swallow your gum!" Myths about what we eat and drink * "Shots made my baby autistic." Myths that spark controversy and debate Don"t Swallow Your Gum!: Myths, Half-Truths, and Outright Lies About Your Body and Health is published by St. Martin"s Press and is available online (http://www.dontswallowyourgum.com) and at book stores across the country. So, if you get stung by a jellyfish, should you have someone urinate on the sting? You will have to read the book to find out. Cindy Fox Aisen Indiana University


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