HIV/AIDS, Human Rights Charter Proposed In Zimbabwe

An HIV/AIDS and human rights charter that aims to protect and promote the rights of people living with the disease was proposed recently by the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, the ZimbabweStandard reports.
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More Training, Improved Tools Needed For African Health Workers Performing Male Circumcisions, Study Finds

African health workers performing male circumcision in an effort to curb the spread of HIV need better tools and more training to avoid high rates of complications, according to a World Health Organization study published Monday in the WHO Bulletin, Reuters Health reports.
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Newspapers Examine Reaction To GOP VP Nominee Palin's Announcement Of Daughter's Pregnancy

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) on Wednesday accepted the vice presidential nomination for the Republican Party at the party's national convention in St. Paul, Minn., the AP/Washington Post reports (Espo, AP/Washington Post, 9/4).
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New York State To Audit State Employees', Retirees' Dependents To Ensure Eligibility In Health Care Plan

The New York state Department of Civil Service this fall is planning to launch an investigation to ensure that the 1.2 million state employees, dependents and retirees who receive health insurance under the New York State Health Insurance Program are eligible for their coverage, the
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Women At Calif. Hospitals ;With Mostly Low-Income Patients Less Likely To Breastfeed, Report Says

Women who give birth at hospitals in California that have mostly non-white, low-income patients are less likely to breastfeed than women who give birth at other hospitals around the state, according to a report that ranks the rates of breastfeeding mothers in California hospitals released by the University of California-Davis
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Scientists Map Complete Genetic Blueprint Of Deadly Cancers

In what has been heralded as a significant breakthrough in the fight against two of the world's deadliest cancers, US scientists have mapped complete genetic blueprints comprising more than 20,000 genes in 24 pancreatic cancers and 22 brain cancers, including not only individual gene mutations but also their interlinked pathways which sustain tumour development and growth.
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Obese Patients Have Nearly Five Times Greater Risk Of Hospitalization For Asthma, Kaiser Permanente Study Finds

Obese people who have asthma are nearly five times more likely to be hospitalized for the condition than non-obese people with asthma, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the September issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
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