Category: Global Health

Category is updated daily and provides a comprehensive overview of the latest online reports on global health issues

Millions of people—most of them children—die each year in developing countries from diseases that are preventable and treatable. Moreover, tragically little research is done to prevent or cure some of the world’s biggest killers, such as malaria and tuberculosis.

The foundation is guided by the belief that all lives, no matter where they are lived, have equal value. The mission of our Global Health Program is to encourage the development of lifesaving medical advances and to help ensure they reach the people who are disproportionately affected. We focus our funding in two main areas:

Access to existing vaccines, drugs, and other tools to fight diseases common in developing countries
Research to develop health solutions that are effective, affordable, and practical

Colorectal Cancer Survivors Not Adhering to Screening Guidelines, But Computerized System May Help

New data reveal that after curative resection for colorectal cancer, many patients do not adhere to screening guidelines. Although the majority of patients adhered to surveillance guidelines for follow-up office visits, less than half met the guideline-based recommendations for carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) testing. About three quarters of patients met the guideline-specified criteria for colonoscopy, although […]

High HBV Viral Load at Surgery Tied to Liver Cancer Return

In patients undergoing liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma related to hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, viral load at the time of surgery is predictive of hepatoma recurrence, according to Chinese researchers.

Keeping Patients Awake During Surgery?

Anesthesiologists’ Vital Roles in All Anesthetic Procedures Think anesthesiologists only keep patients “asleep” during surgical procedures? An “awake craniotomy” performed on Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy on June 2, 2008 should challenge that notion.

ASA Achieves Historic Legislative Win of Monumental Proportions!

We helped secure enactment of H.R. 6331—aMedicare bill that includes an immediate positiveMedicare payment update and a permanentfix to the Medicare AnesthesiologyTeaching Rule, beginning in 2010!

Almost All Articles On Cancer Prognostic Markers Report Statistically Significant Results

Almost All Articles On Cancer Prognostic Markers Report Statistically Significant Results: Commentary from F1000 Kyzas PA, Denaxa-Kyza D, Ioannidis JPEur J Cancer 2007 Nov 43(17):2559-79 Commentary from Faculty Member Willi SauerbreiThis is a landmark review illustrating the severity of reporting bias in prognostic marker research.

Calcitonin Measurement in the Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules in the United States

Calcitonin Measurement in the Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules in the United States: Commentary from F1000 Cheung K, Roman SA, Wang TS, Walker HD, Sosa JA J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2008 Jun 93(6):2173-80 Commentary from Faculty Member Furio Pacini with Stefania Marchisotta Changes Clinical Practice: Physicians in the USA should screen patients with thyroid nodules […]

HHS and DHS Announce Guidance on Pandemic Vaccination Allocation

The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Homeland Security (DHS) released today guidance on allocating and targeting pandemic influenza vaccine. The guidance provides a planning framework to help state, tribal, local and community leaders ensure that vaccine allocation and use will reduce the impact of a pandemic on public health and minimize […]

President Bush Signs H.R. 5501

President Bush Signs H.R. 5501, the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 MRS. BUSH: Welcome, everyone, to the White House. Thank you all very much for coming for this signing of the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership […]