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Sexually Transmitted HPV Linked To Certain Head & Neck Cancers
Researchers at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) in Buffalo, New York, are strongly advocating a national discussion about the need to vaccinate both young men and women against HPV 16 to prevent head & neck cancers. The call comes amid growing evidence that certain cancers of the head and neck are strongly linked to HPV 16, a specific strain of the human papillomavirus (HPV) that is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases in the United States. It is estimated that approximately 70% of Americans, both men and women, will be infected with HPV at some point in their lives.
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Can Video Games Boost Thinking Skills In Elderly?
Researchers at North Carolina State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology have received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study whether and how video games can boost memory and thinking skills in the elderly - and then to use their findings to develop a prototype video game to do just that.
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House Democrats Push Their Health Reform Plan
House Democrats" health care bill draft released Friday is likely to survive relatively intact, "including a robust new Medicare-like public health plan that would compete with private companies in a national health insurance exchange," Roll Call reports.
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New York Times Examines One American's Efforts To Help Pakistanis With Health Care

The New York Times profiles the Comprehensive Disaster Relief Services (CDRS) hospital in Chikar, Pakistan, which was started by American Todd Shea after the 2005 earthquake in that country. The aspiring musician"s life was turned over to rescue efforts after September 11, when he used his van to "ferry meals to firefighters at Ground Zero," according to the New York Times. Shea now lives in Pakistan "and learned years ago that, as far as health care is concerned, every day is a crisis for Pakistanis." The New York Times writes, that in "Pakistan, less than one percent of the national budget is devoted to the health of its citizens, and the nation"s health care crisis is especially acute in remote communities." According to the New York Times, Shea"s "hospital, with 38 employees and nearly $200,000 in financing from Americans and UNICEF, highlights not only the needs of Pakistan"s rural health system but also a glaring vulnerability for a government trying to brand itself an alternative to the Taliban." While CDRS "is more makeshift than miracle," the hospital "treats about 100,000 patients annually, and 70 percent are women and children" (Ellick, New York Times, 6/24). This information was reprinted from globalhealth.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at globalhealth.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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