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KPBS Examines San Diego County Board Of Supervisors' Opposition To Needle Exchange Program
KPBS examines the reasons why the San Diego Board of Supervisors will not support the city"s needle exchange program, which twice weekly provides clean needles to injection drug users as part of an effort to curb the spread of HIV, Hepatitis C and other blood-borne diseases. Dianne Jacob, chair of the board, said, "I think it particularly sends a wrong message to our kids. It sends a message to our kids that as county government, if we gave out clean needles for illegal drug use, that we condone illegal drug use. And we don"t. And it"s wrong." She said government support should go toward drug use prevention and treatment. Steffanie Strathdee, head of the division of global public health at the University of California-San Diego School of Medicine, has examined several needle exchange programs across the world, and said, "It hasn"t been associated with more people starting drug use at earlier ages, etc., ò€¦ In fact, it"s consistently been associated with reductions in high-risk behavior. And so there"s really no reason not to support it on a broader scale" (Goldberg, 7/8). This series of articles was supported by a Kaiser Family Foundation mini reporting fellowship.
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For People With Overactive Bladders Botox Injections Can Significantly Improve Quality Of Life
Botox is well known for its cosmetic uses, but researchers have now found that it can also significantly improve people"s quality of life if they suffer from another problem that increases with age, an overactive bladder (OAB).
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G8 Leaders Launch $20B Initiative To Help Farmers In Developing Countries
The Washington Post reports: "Leaders of the world"s major economies pledged Friday to raise $20 billion over the next three years for food and agricultural aid to the world"s most impoverished countries." According to Obama administration officials, "the U.S. will contribute at least $3.5 billion over the next three years to the worldwide effort," which in addition to the funding, "hopes to better coordinate global food aid efforts and work through initiatives already in place in poor countries around the world, rather than creating new plans," the Washington Post reports (Fletcher, 7/10).
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British Scientists Lead The Way In Dementia Research Despite Funding Gap

British scientists are leading the field at the International Conference of Alzheimer"s Disease, in Vienna (ICAD, 11 - 16 July). Researchers, backed by Alzheimer"s Society, are presenting a host of scientific projects from investigating new targets for drug treatments; studying the impact of mild head injuries on your risk of dementia to assessing people with dementia"s fitness to drive. ICAD is the biggest conference of the year looking at cause, cure, care and prevention of dementia. During the conference, Alzheimer"s Society researcher Dr Kidd, from Cardiff University, will present research on developing an immunotherapy against Alzheimer"s disease. Immunotherapy aims to treat diseases by inducing, enhancing, or suppressing an immune response and has been successfully used in cancer treatments. Dementia researchers are now testing various antibodies to see if they will act as potential treatments for dementia. Dr Fowler, from Edinburgh University, is presenting a poster describing work that assesses whether mild head injuries can increase a person"s risk of developing dementia. Epidemiological studies already suggest a link between head injuries and dementia and Dr Fowler will present further work on mice models that has been funded by Alzheimer"s Society. Last month Alzheimer"s Society joined British scientists and other charities to call for a tripling of government investment in dementia research. The charity revealed that despite the success of British researchers the UK government lags behind France, Germany and the US in dementia research funding and has no plans for the future. Professor Clive Ballard, Director of Research at Alzheimer"s Society, says, "It"s fantastic to see so many dementia researchers flying the flag for British research in Vienna. Dementia research in the UK is desperately underfunded. The government spends eight times less on dementia research than on cancer research but despite this lack of funding Britain continues to make important scientific discoveries. Just imagine what we could achieve if we tripled the funding for dementia research and developed a comprehensive plan. In the next ten years a million people will develop dementia; with the right investment dementia can be defeated. Alzheimer"s Society currently invests over ÷£6 million in cutting-edge health and social research, selected by leading experts, people with dementia and carers and is pleased to be showcasing this work at ICAD." Notes - International Conference of Alzheimer"s Disease (ICAD) is organised by Alzheimer"s Association. For more information visit http://www.alz.org/icad - One in three of us over 65 will die with dementia - 700,000 people in the UK have a form of dementia, more than half have Alzheimer"s disease. In less than 20 years nearly a million people will be living with dementia. This will soar to 1.7 million people by 2051 - Alzheimer"s Society champions the rights of people living with dementia and those who care for them. Alzheimer"s Society works in England, Wales and Northern Ireland - Alzheimer"s Society needs to raise money to support people today and to find a cure for tomorrow. You can donate now by calling 0845 306 0898 or visiting http://www.alzheimers.org.uk Alzheimer"s Society


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