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House Bill May Target Drugmakers' Advertising Tax Breaks
Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., says the House Ways and Means Committee may seek to raise money for health reform by imposing a $37 billion tax on drugmaker"s advertisements, Bloomberg reports: "As lawmakers seek ways to pay for a health-care overhaul, "one thing that"s not off the table is you can pick up $37 billion knocking out the deduction for advertising" for prescription drugs,"" Rangel said. The idea is among several proposals by Democratic legislators to raise reform money (Donmoyer, 6/16).
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Blogs Comment On ACLU Brief On Forced Hospitalization Of Pregnant Women, NRLC And Ryan-DeLauro Bill, FRC Ad
The following summarizes select women"s health-related blog entries.~ "ACLU Files Brief Opposing Forced Hospitalization of Pregnant Women," Jodi Jacobson, RH Reality Check: On Monday, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Florida "filed a friend-of-the-court brief opposing the state"s decision to force a pregnant woman to remain hospitalized against her will," Jacobson writes. According to Jacobson, Diana Kasdan, a staff attorney with ACLU"s Reproductive Freedom Project, said, "Women do not give up their right to determine the course of their own medical care when they become pregnant. Faced with similar cases, courts throughout the country have made clear that pregnant women have a right to make decisions about their own health, including refusing medical care." The brief filed by ACLU also said that Florida"s decision will "invit[e] state requests for court intervention in nearly all aspects of pregnant women"s behavior and medical judgments." Women "will be discouraged from coming to a hospital for pregnancy care if they know that any disagreement may lead to forced medical treatment," the brief continues, noting that "[s]uch a result does not advance maternal and fetal health by any measure and is not constitutionally permissible" (Jacobson, RH Reality Check, 8/3).~ "Rubber-Baby Money Lumpers," William Saletan, Slate"s "Human Nature": National Right to Life Committee Legislative Director Douglas Johnson has "restated ... many times" that the group has a neutral position on contraception, Saletan writes, adding that he is "inclined to believe him, because I take people"s stated motivations seriously." However, Johnson "doesn"t take such motivations seriously" and "relentlessly characterizes his opponents as "pro-abortion," even though they don"t like abortion" and refer to themselves as "pro-choice" or "pro-abortion rights," Saletan continues. Johnson"s "latest targets" are Reps. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) and Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), who sponsored the Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act. The measure includes funding for contraception and sex education, as well as incentives and support for adoption and women who carry their pregnancies to term. However, Johnson "dismisses the Ryan-DeLauro bill and its themes of abortion reduction and common ground as "phony," a "smokescreen," and a "prop" in a "political charade,"" he continues. Johnson "insists on an objective standard: Do you support legislation that funds abortion or people who defend them? If so, you"re pro-abortion," Saletan writes, adding, "By this standard, NRLC is against contraception" (Saletan, "Human Nature," Slate, 8/3).~ "Surgery for Seniors vs. Abortions?" Viveca Novak, FactCheck.org: An advertisement by the Family Research Council "merg[es] the fears of seniors worried about their health care with those of antiabortion advocates" by featuring an older man concerned with a federal health plan under which the government ""won"t pay for my surgery, but we"re forced to pay for abortions,"" Novak writes. However, "[n]one of the health care overhaul measures that have made it through" congressional committees "say that abortion will be covered," and "one of them explicitly says that no public funds will be used to finance the procedure," Novak writes, noting that "none of the bills call explicitly for cuts in Medicare coverage, much less rationing, under a public plan." In the blog entry, Novak examines each bill considered by Congress and how it is perceived by both sides of the abortion debate. She notes that the bills generally "leave the specifics of what medical services would be covered" to be decided by an advisory panel that would make recommendations to the HHS secretary (Novak, FactCheck.org, 7/31).Antiabortion-Rights Blog ~ "Joshua DuBois Exclusive Interview: Talking Abortion Reduction," David Brody, The Brody File: In an interview with DuBois, head of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood P
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Collaboration Between NC State And UNC Lineberger To Combat Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma In Human And Canine Patients

What do a college of veterinary medicine and a cancer treatment and research center have in common? The answer may be as plain as the nose on your dog"s face. Researchers from North Carolina State University"s College of Veterinary Medicine and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center are combining their expertise to pinpoint the cause of -- and improve treatments for -- non-Hodgkin lymphoma in human and canine patients. The dog is an excellent model to study human cancer, particularly lymphoma. The disease is biologically similar in human and canine patients, but is much easier to narrow down problematic areas in a dog"s genome because the genetic variation among dogs of the same breed is so much lower than genetic variation in humans. These factors, coupled with the publication of the human and canine genomes, make the dog the perfect candidate for this collaborative research. Drs. Steven Suter, professor of clinical sciences, and Matthew Breen, professor of genomics, along with statistics professor Dr. Alison Motsinger-Reif and Dr. Dahlia Nielsen, research assistant professor of genetics, lead the NC State component. Researchers at UNC Lineberger are led by Dr. Kristy Richards, geneticist and clinical oncologist. The team is recruiting dogs diagnosed with lymphoma to collect tissue samples for study. A simple and speedy procedure at the NC State Veterinary Teaching Hospital, the collection causes no discomfort to the dog and owners receive $1,000 for their pet"s participation. Labs from both institutions will study tissue samples from human and canine patients, with the hope of creating a genomic "profile" of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that would give oncologists and veterinarians greater insight into the disease"s biology, and improve their ability to diagnose the illness early. "Non-Hodgkin lymphoma ranks fifth in cancer deaths among human patients, and the mortality rate for dogs is even higher," Suter says. "By combining the strengths of our programs, we expect to enhance our understanding of the disease and speed improved treatments for people and pets. This is another example of "One Health," the concept of comparative medicine that acknowledges human and animal health relies on a common pool of medical and scientific knowledge and is supported by overlapping technologies and discoveries." Richards adds, "Traditionally, lymphoma researchers have used laboratory mouse models of lymphoma, but it would be advantageous to study lymphoma in a large animal model with spontaneously occurring lymphomas that more closely mimic the situation in humans. There are very few places in the country where a top-rate veterinary program is in such proximity to a top-rate medical school with a comprehensive cancer center. We aim to take full advantage of this partnership to discover, develop and test new treatments much faster than could be done in either organism alone." Dianne Shaw University of North Carolina School of Medicine


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