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Gene Predicts How Brain Responds To Fatigue, Human Study Shows
New imaging research in the June 24 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience helps explain why sleep deprivation affects some people more than others. After staying awake all night, those who are genetically vulnerable to sleep loss showed reduced brain activity, while those who are genetically resilient showed expanded brain activity, the study found. The findings help explain individual differences in the ability to compensate for lack of sleep.
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Democrat Bill, FTC Examine Ways To Drive Down Health Care Costs
A bill introduced Wednesday in the House would create an artificial joints database to root out bad practices and unnecessary surgeries, The New York Times reports. "The bill, co-sponsored by (Democrats) Bill Pascrell Jr. of New Jersey and Lloyd Doggett of Texas, would establish a government-backed registry to track patients" results over time and help detect ineffective surgical practices and faulty devices. Patient registries, in areas like orthopedics, are expected to play an important role in "comparative effectiveness" reviews that the Obama administration hopes will help identify which medical procedures and products work best."
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Smoking More Than 5 Cigarettes A Day Provokes Migraine Attacks
Tobacco acts as a precipitating factor for headaches, specifically migraines. This is indicated in a study which shows that smokers have more migraine attacks and that smoking more than five cigarettes a day triggers this headache. The work has appeared in the Journal of Headache and Pain.
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National Community Pharmacists Association Statement About House Democrats' Bill On Health Care Reform

U.S. House of Representative Democrats unveiled their bill for health care reform - the America"s Affordable Health Care Choice of 2009. In response, National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Executive Vice President and CEO Bruce T. Roberts, RPh, issued the following statement: "Community pharmacists play a critical role in the health care system. NCPA is committed to ensuring that any health reform legislation does two things: First, it should utilize medication therapy management and other pharmacist-delivered health care services to improve patient outcomes and reduce overall costs, such as from improper medication use. Second, and more importantly, Congress should assure that there is a viable community pharmacy infrastructure to deliver quality health care to millions of patients across America. "This is a sweeping legislative proposal that requires additional, careful review. However, we are pleased that the bill begins to reform the system that will be used to pay pharmacies for generic medications dispensed to Medicaid patients. We need to work with the Congress and the states as this bill moves forward to assure that appropriate payment exists for pharmacists to dispense lower-cost generic medications. For Medicaid beneficiaries in underserved rural or urban areas, community pharmacies are often the sole health care provider. "We also appreciate the inclusion of provisions that exempt community pharmacists who provide durable medical equipment, such as diabetes testing strips, from duplicative and onerous accreditation and surety bond requirements. This will allow for patients to continue accessing these valuable health care products. "On these and other matters we will continue working with the House, Senate and White House to ensure that health care reform allows community pharmacies to remain a valuable are a valuable cog in America"s health system. When that occurs patients will have better outcomes and costs saving can be found." National Community Pharmacists Association


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