Research Australia unveils top 12 issues threatening our children's health
...en and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds tops a new list of 12 major issues threatening the future health of the nation. Created by Research Australia in consultation with child health experts and using the latest data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, the 'Top 12 Health Issu...Investment level in HIV prevention programs related to HIV incidence in the United States
...at may seem expensive, but HIV medical care easily tops $20,000 per patient per year. Therefore, funding of effective, scientifically sound HIV prevention services are likely to have a very favorable return on investment in terms of both lives and dollars saved." Holtgrave noted that the analysis was ba...Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, April 17, 2007
...nd glucosamine (usually sold together in the U.S.) tops $1 billion/year (Editorial, p. 611), and writes that despite these findings, "chondroitin sulfate should not be considered dangerous. If patients say that they benefit from chondroitin, I see no harm in encouraging them to continue taking it as long ......alcohol use, and having multiple oral sex partners tops the list of sex practices that boost risk for the HPV-linked cancer. Study author and cancer virus expert Maura Gillison, M.D., Ph.D., first reported the connection between HPV and specific throat cancers in 2000, supporting previous work by other...