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Growing Retail Clinic Trend Makes Few Inroads In Poor, Underserved Areas
Since 2000, nearly 1,000 "retail clinics" -- offering routine care like sports physicals and immunizations and treatment for minor illnesses like strep throat -- have opened their doors inside pharmacies and grocery stores across the United States. Retail chain operators proposed that the new clinics would improve access to medical care among uninsured or underserved populations. However, these clinics have been opened more often in higher-income areas that are less likely to be classified as medically underserved, according to a new study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine published in the May 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Chemists Develop Distributed Drug Discovery: Finding Drugs For Neglected Diseases
Researchers from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) have developed Distributed Drug Discovery (D3), a new low-cost strategy to accelerate the discovery of drugs to treat neglected diseases such as tuberculosis, leprosy, leshmaniasis, dengue fever, and Chagas disease.
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OneTouch(R) Ping(TM) Glucose Management System Approved By Health Canada
Animas Corporation announced the approval of its OneTouch((R)) Ping(TM) Glucose Management System by Health Canada. OneTouch Ping is the first full-feature insulin pump that wirelessly communicates with a blood glucose meter-remote. Using the OneTouch Ping meter-remote, a person can calculate insulin doses and opt to wirelessly instruct the pump to deliver them without touching the pump at all, giving patients more freedom and flexibility in using their insulin pump.
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Department Of Health And Home Office Publish Joint Review Findings, UK

A joint Department of Health and Home Office review group has published its findings on a review into access to the NHS by foreign nationals, Health Minister Ann Keen announced today. The review, launched in 2007, set out to examine the rules on charging non-UK residents for access to NHS services in England. The government has concluded that there should not be any significant change for either primary or secondary care. The government has now agreed on a number of proposals, which will be consulted on in the autumn: - Asylum seekers whose claim has been refused but who are being supported because there are recognised barriers to their return home should be exempt from charges; - Unaccompanied children, including those in local authority care, should be exempt from charges; - UK residents may be absent from the country for up to six months in a year before being considered for charges for NHS hospital treatment; - Working with the UK Border Agency to recover money owed to the NHS and exploring options to amend the Immigration Rules so that visitors will normally be refused permission to enter or remain in the United Kingdom if they have significant debts to the NHS; and - Investigating the longer-term feasibility of introducing health insurance requirements for visitors. Health Minister, Ann Keen said: "These changes will support a clearer and fairer system of access to free NHS services that will maintain the confidence of the public and prevent inappropriate access while maintaining our commitment to human rights. "These measures strike the right balance between controlled access, the protection and promotion of wider public health, and ensuring that the healthcare needs of the most vulnerable groups are protected. "We remain firmly committed to the requirement that immediately necessary or other urgent treatment should never be denied or delayed from those that require it." The proposed changes will be put to public consultation in the autumn. The Department of Health and the Home Office will undertake separate consultations on their respective areas of responsibility, which will be linked and coordinated. Subject to the outcome of the consultation, changes will take effect as soon as possible in 2010. Department of Health, UK


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