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Calculating Preventative Medicine's Return On Investment
There are many reasons why health care costs in the US are spiraling out of control: ineffective use of res, unmanaged chronic conditions and infrequent implementations of proven prevention strategies all contribute. While it stands to reason that preventative actions are one solution, no one has yet quantified the value of investing in non-traditional prevention programs.
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Abstinence-Only Sex Education Debate Has High Financial Stakes, Washington Times Opinion Piece Says
By proposing to reduce funding for abstinence-only sex education programs, "the Obama administration has reignited America"s sex education debate," Washington Times columnist Cheryl Wetzstein writes in an opinion piece. She says that the "usual answers" she receives from abstinence-only opponents when she asks about their criticism of the programs is that abstinence-only education "doesn"t work, it leaves kids ignorant about how to use birth control, it doesn"t serve gay kids, and (off the record) it"s just a return to the bad old days when unenlightened, sex-hating harpies ran sex education." According to Wetzstein, some proponents of abstinence-only programs believe that another factor -- which is "never mentioned" in the sex education debate -- "is how sexually active youth are part of the market for certain commercial sex- and disease-related products, and abstinent behavior reduces that market share."Wetzstein reports that she recently spoke with Pam Mullarkey, founder of Project SOS, who is "furious" that Presdient Obama"s budget proposal would reduce funding for abstinence-only programs and increase money for teen pregnancy prevention. Mullarkey claims that abstinence-only opponents "have spent so much money trying to destroy abstinence education" because "it directly costs them big bucks" if teens abstain. Wetzstein writes that she has "dim hopes for the survival of abstinence education as we"ve know it," concluding, "But should Congress decide to "follow the money," as Mrs. Mullarkey suggests, who knows what might turn up" (Wetzstein, Washington Times, 5/19).
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Textbook Chronicling Four Decades Of Alzheimer's Research

Two of the world"s leading Alzheimer"s researchers have co-edited a book critically synthesizing the major new developments in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer"s disease. Building upon a 2007 Alzheimer"s disease conference held in Chile, George Perry, dean of the College of Sciences at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and Ricardo B. Maccioni, neurology professor at The University of Chile Medical School have edited "Current Hypotheses and Research Milestones in Alzheimer"s Disease," a 254-page text written by academics and medical doctors. The book focuses on the most promising hypotheses that illuminate the path to more effective treatment. Highlights include: * new information about the biology of amyloid-Ãÿ, the main component in the amyloid plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer"s disease patients, and where the field has concentrated its efforts for nearly 20 years * the Tau Hypothesis, which suggests Alzheimer"s disease is caused by abnormal chemical changes to tau proteins disrupting the normal cell biology of neurons * the Oxidative Stress Hypothesis, which indicates neurons degenerate and die because the brains of patients with Alzheimer"s disease have a disrupted oxidative metabolism leading to decreased neuronal energy supply and increased oxidative damage * neuroimmunological hypotheses linking Alzheimer"s disease to the chronic low level inflammation thought to underlie arthritis, coronary disease and other age-related conditions * the development of biomarkers for early diagnosis * new horizons for the development of anti-dementia drugs "Alzheimer"s disease is the leading cause of dementia in senior citizens," said Perry, also a professor in UTSA"s Department of Biology. "While the scientific community hasn"t been able to pinpoint the cause of the disease, researchers around the world are advancing what we know about the disease and how we might be able to treat it in the future." Perry, ranked one of the top ten Alzheimer"s disease researchers in the world in 2009, joined UTSA in 2006 from Case Western Reserve University, where he was a professor of pathology and neurosciences and the chair of Case Western Reserve"s Department of Pathology. A prolific researcher, Perry is the second-most published Alzheimer"s disease researcher, with 516 publications to his credit. He serves as president of the American Association of Neuropathologists and is on the editorial boards of more than 70 journals including the American Journal of Pathology and the Journal of Biological Chemistry. He also is co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Alzheimer"s Disease, the leading journal for Alzheimer research. Christi Fish University of Texas at San Antonio


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