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CEMACH Release: New Results On The Perinatal Mortality Rate
The latest figures from the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH) Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report 2007 show improvements in the stillbirth and neonatal death rates in the UK.
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Dry Mouth Linked To Prescription And Over The Counter Drugs
Approximately ninety-one percent of dentists say patients complaining about dry mouth are taking multiple medications, according to a nationwide member survey conducted by the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD). Dry mouth, or xerostomia, is caused by a decrease in salivary function. It affects approximately one in four Americans, placing more than 25 percent of people at risk for tooth decay. During the Academy of General Dentistry"s (AGD) 57th Annual Meeting & Exhibits in Baltimore, July 8-12, Cindy Kleiman, RDH, BS, will present a course, "Understanding the Oral-Systemic Connection: From Intensive Care to Long-term Care," in which she presents new information about dry mouth.
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Drugs Can Eliminate River Blindness, Study Finds

The disease onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, can be eliminated using drugs, according to a WHO study, BBC reports. The disease, which infects about 37 million people worldwide, is caused by a "nematode worm that can live inside the human body for years" and is transmitted to people through the bite of a black fly, the news service writes. The worms spread through the body and when they eventually die, the human immune system "reacts fiercely," which "destroys living tissue - especially the eye," according to BBC (7/21). The study findings were published Tuesday in the journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. According to a WHO release, the "multi-country study showed that treatment with ivermectin stopped further infections and transmission" in three endemic areas in Mali and Senegal (7/21). For years, scientists have known that drugs can control the disease. "But now they believe it can be eliminated," writes BBC. The study found that "after 17 years of treating the entire community with the drug ivermectin regularly, few infections remained." In addition, follow-up studies did not turn up additional infections. Although, it is "not yet clear whether the same success can be repeated in other endemic areas," researchers "say an important principle has been established. It is possible to wipe out a disease that has a terrible impact on entire communities," according to BBC (7/21). This information was reprinted from globalhealth.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at globalhealth.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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