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Key To Potential New Treatment For Allergy-Induced Asthma Identified By Yale Team
In research that could lead to new asthma drugs, scientists at Yale School of Medicine, Hydra Biosciences of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the University of California, San Francisco have discovered that a protein may be a trigger of allergy-induced asthma in mice. They also demonstrated how a drug known to reduce inflammatory and neuropathic pain may also inhibit asthma symptoms in mice. Their paper is published in the May 18-22 online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Alzheimer's Disease: Disclosing Genetic Risk Does Not Cause Psychological Distress
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have shown that disclosing genetic risk information to adult children of patients with Alzheimer"s disease (AD) who request this information does not result in significant short-term psychological distress. The report from the REVEAL Study*, which appears in the July 16 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, is the first randomized trial to disclose to participants whether or not they carried the íµ4 variant of the APOE gene, a variant that has been found to increase the risk of developing AD. The study demonstrated that test-related distress was reduced among those who learned that they were APOE íµ4 negative, and was only transiently increased among those who learned they were APOE íµ4 positive. The study also showed that persons with high levels of emotional distress before undergoing genetic testing were more likely to have emotional difficulties after disclosure.
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Survey Finds Surgical Residents View Duty Hour Regulations As A Hindrance To Training
Results of a survey published in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons show that a large subset of surgical residents consider duty hour regulations (DHR) a significant barrier to their surgical education and express a desire for flexibility to work longer hours than current restrictions allow.
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BMA Poll Reveals The Public's Fear For Future Of The NHS, UK

A nationwide public opinion poll conducted by Hamilton Lock for the British Medical Association released has revealed how worried the public is about future funding of the health service in light of the recession. Over three quarters (77%) of the public believe that cuts should be made in other government departments to protect NHS funding. When asked if taxes should increase to maintain the growth of NHS funding, four out of ten individuals (40%), agreed. Around nine out of ten respondents feared that services could be cut (90%) and that waiting times for treatment could increase (89%). Over eight out of ten (85%) individuals believe there will be more charges for NHS services and eight out of ten (80%) thought the NHS should prioritise funding for the most important services. The poll reveals that the public is clearly concerned about the commercialisation of the NHS. Three out of five (59%) support private involvement in the health service, but almost half (47%) say there should be no further contracts for commercial companies to provide NHS services and 55% (more than five out of ten) say the NHS internal market where hospitals and GPs compete should be abolished. BMA Chairman of Council, Dr Hamish Meldrum, said today: "These results show how anxious the public is about the effects of the recession on the health service, with a significant number saying taxes should increase to protect NHS funding. No-one wants to see any cuts in the public sector but our poll reveals just how much society values their health service. Fear often goes hand in hand with economic slumps, with people worrying what will happen to them and their families in times of ill health. "While we appreciate that the government needs to steer the country through this difficult economic period, we urge it not to do so at the expense of NHS funding. People always need good quality healthcare and it would be a huge mistake to try and make savings by squeezing the NHS. "Although the private sector has for many years played a role in providing NHS care, a majority of the public believe that the government"s dogmatic and misguided plan to commercialise the NHS has gone too far and is threatening the very future of the health service. The BMA would heartily agree and this bears out what doctors are telling us as part of our Look After Our NHS campaign." Other key results from the poll include: - almost eight out of ten (77%) of respondents believe patients and the public should have a greater say in how the NHS delivers health services - more than seven out of ten (73%) believe there should be less political involvement in the way the NHS is organised and run - four out of ten (40%) do not have confidence that the government can safeguard the NHS in the current climate - over nine out of ten (95%) say they have confidence in doctors and nurses to safeguard the NHS in the current climate, with 30% saying they are very confident British Medical Association


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