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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Signs Budget That Cuts $52M From HIV/AIDS Programs
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Tuesday signed a state budget in which he made $489 million in line-item veto cuts that "will affect child welfare and children"s health care, the elderly, state parks and AIDS treatment and prevention, going beyond the dramatic cuts that were part of the deal Schwarzenegger negotiated with legislative leaders," the Los Angeles Times reports (Rothfeld/Goldmacher, 7/28). "Services for people with AIDS, which had previously been spared by the Legislature, were reduced by $52 million by Schwarzenegger on Tuesday. That cut will mean no state spending on HIV/AIDS prevention, testing, education or housing services for people with the disease. The state will continue paying for AIDS medications and for tracking the epidemic," the San Francisco Chronicle reports (Buchanan, 7/29). Schwarzenegger said, "The legislators have given me a budget with a $156 million negative reserve, so now I had to go in over this weekend and work with my team and make additional cuts." He added, "That"s ugly, when already we have cut so much, and then we had to make additional cuts" (Steinhauer, New York Times, 7/28). Mark Cloutier, executive director of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, said of the cuts to HIV/AIDS programs, "This means there are going to be more people who are HIV-positive who are unwittingly infecting others" (Buchanan, 7/29).
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Too Early To Say If Screening Cuts Colon Cancer Deaths, Say Researchers
With more than 500,000 deaths each year, colorectal cancer is the third most common cause of deaths from cancer worldwide. Yet, despite a lack of evidence from randomised trials, many countries have launched large-scale colonoscopy screening programmes for the general population.
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Many Washington State Hospitals Skimp On Required Charity Care
"As the recession has cost more people their jobs and their health insurance, local hospitals have seen more patients show up with no way to pay," reports KUOW, a Washington State public radio station. "Hospitals in Washington are required to provide free care to anyone living below the poverty line, if they ask for it. But some hospitals give more freely than others."
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Diabetes UK Pinpoints Key Research In South Asian People

Diabetes UK and the South Asian Health Foundation (SAHF) are highlighting 16 research topics in a new report to find out more about diabetes in South Asian people. The report"s recommendations aim to discover why Type 2 diabetes is up to six times more common in South Asian people than the general population. The two charities, supported by Keith Vaz, MP for Leicester East, are today launching "Diabetes UK and South Asian Health Foundation recommendations on diabetes research priorities for British South Asians", at the House of Commons. Important areas of research South Asian people make up four per cent of the total UK population and an estimated eight per cent of people with diabetes. The report underlines important areas of research in people of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin in the UK. Priority topics, which are aimed at researchers and funding bodies, include lack of appropriate participation in diabetes research of South Asian people, genetics, cultural factors concerning diet and exercise, screening, prevention of Type 2 diabetes, psychological consequences of diabetes and treatment and care. Big health challenge Dr Iain Frame, Director of Research at Diabetes UK, said: "Diabetes is one of the biggest health challenges facing the UK today with ÷£1million an hour already being spent by the NHS on the condition. While considerable effort is invested in diabetes research we need to examine diabetes in South Asian people living in the UK in more detail. "It is astonishing that South Asian people in the UK are up to six times more likely to have Type 2 diabetes compared to the general population and tend to have poorer diabetes management. "They are also three times more likely to develop heart disease and four times more likely to have kidney disease. We don"t entirely know why this is yet, but Diabetes UK and SAHF"s new report is a solid first step in the process of discovery and serves as an important guideline for researchers and funding bodies who are interested in this area." Useful tool Keith Vaz, MP, hosted the parliamentary reception and is a keen campaigner on diabetes issues. He said: "Research in diabetes in South Asian people in the UK is absolutely essential if we are to tackle this growing health epidemic. I hope that researchers around the country will take note of these guidelines and find them a useful tool when determining which issues to examine." Diabetes UK


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