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WMA Urges Sri Lankan President To Intervene On Behalf Of Government Doctors
The World Medical Association has urged the President of Sri Lanka to intervene on behalf of three government employed doctors, two of whom have been detained and the third taken to an unknown destination, after working in the conflict zone in Sri Lanka.
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New Online Tool Maps HIV, AIDS Prevalence By County, Other Statistics
The National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) today launched an online tool that maps the prevalence of HIV and AIDS by county, age, gender and ethnicity in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The HIV/AIDS Atlas is based on 2006 data collected from states and cross-checked with CDC data. The NMQF partnered with George Washington University"s School of Public Health and Health Services to collect and analyze the data. Gary Puckrein, chief executive officer of NMQF, said the new tool will help improve data collection and analysis, prevention initiatives, early diagnosis and routine testing efforts in areas most affected by HIV/AIDS (Colliver, San Francisco Chronicle, 6/21).
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Blood Pressure Can Be Lowered By Reducing Salt Intake
Adults who use less salt in their diet can experience a slight reduction in their blood pressure in the medium term. However, whether in the long term this can also reduce the risk of late complications in people with sustained high blood pressure, otherwise known as essential hypertension, and whether in the long term their anti-hypertensive medication can be reduced remains unresolved. This is the conclusion of the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) in its final report published in the form of a rapid report on 20 July 2009.
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Australian Medical Association: Put Increased Tobacco Tax Into Health

The AMA welcomed a proposed increase in tobacco tax. The AMA has always supported increased tax and price signals on products that are bad for your health in order to reduce consumption. This is an opportunity to make health gains for individuals, and the revenue could support essential health care for the increasing unemployed. AMA President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, said doctors were deeply concerned for the one million Australians expected to lose their jobs over the next few years as a result of the recession. "Unemployment has a huge impact on health. The physical and emotional health needs of these Australians, and of their dependants and families, were ignored in the budget and this needs to be fixed. "Increasing the tax on tobacco and using that money for essential health services will help. "We aren"t happy about the government"s broken promise on the 30% Private Health Insurance Rebate. The AMA is never happy about money being taken out of health. These funds must be directed towards supporting health services. "This means strengthening our struggling public hospitals in preparation for longer queues. It means supporting the affordability of health services for the casualties of the recession. It means supporting mental health services to help people deal with the incredible stress on families and entire communities caused through unemployment. "Doctors are worried about the pressure points in the health system which will be further strained by the recession including public hospitals, health services in the community and particularly mental health services. This is an opportunity for the budget to address these problems. "This is where Government attention, and funding, needs to be focused." Australian Medical Association


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