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View Original Article Mon, 12 May 2008 14:00:00 PDT
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first generic versions of Requip (ropinirole hydrochloride) tablets for the treatment of moderate to severe Restless Legs Syndrome. Ropinirole hydrochloride tablets have been approved in the following dosages: 0.25 milligram, 0.5 milligram, 1 milligram, 2 milligram, 3 milligram, and 4 milligram.

View Original Article Mon, 12 May 2008 13:00:00 PDT
A low-vision rehabilitation program that includes a home visit, counseling, assistive devices such as magnifiers and assignments to practice using them appears to significantly improve vision in veterans with diseases of the macula (the area of the retina with the sharpest vision), according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

View Original Article Mon, 12 May 2008 13:00:00 PDT
Glaucoma patients in urban areas who have poor health literacy appear to miss more appointments and to have worse disease understanding and greater disease progression than patients with adequate health literacy, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

View Original Article Mon, 12 May 2008 13:00:00 PDT
High blood pressure and high cholesterol levels appear to be risk factors for retinal vein occlusion, a condition that causes vision loss, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

View Original Article Mon, 12 May 2008 13:00:00 PDT
A study of seven patients with Parkinson's disease suggests that those who have poor results following implantation of electrodes to stimulate the brain may benefit from additional surgery to correct the electrode placement, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

View Original Article Mon, 12 May 2008 12:00:00 PDT
The University of Alabama-Birmingham has received a $3 million, five-year NIH grant to fund three pilot projects that focus on reducing health disparities among rural, elderly blacks, the Birmingham News reports.

View Original Article Mon, 12 May 2008 12:00:00 PDT
Issue Module: Health Care as a 2008 Election Issue, Kaiser Family Foundation: The issue module on kaiserEDU.org provides information on health care in the 2008 election, including public concerns about health care and the candidates' reform proposals.

View Original Article Mon, 12 May 2008 12:00:00 PDT
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain's (Ariz.) speech on Tuesday, during which he outlined his judicial philosophy and "pledged to nominate qualified judges who will leave the legislating to the people," is not a "campaign plank" but "one of our nation's core ideas," Tony Perkins, president of the

View Original Article Mon, 12 May 2008 11:00:00 PDT
The Minister for Health and Children, Ms. Mary Harney welcomed the announcement by The Health and Social Care Professionals' Council of the appointment of Virginia (Ginny) Hanrahan as its first Chief Executive Officer. The Health and Social Care Professionals Act, 2005 envisages that the Council as responsible for registration of 15 to 20,000 professionals across a range of health and social care professions.

View Original Article Mon, 12 May 2008 10:00:00 PDT
Commenting on the Department of Health's publication of 'Leading Local Change', which contains five pledges to the public and staff on how the NHS will handle changes to services, King's Fund chief executive Niall Dickson said:'This is good first step. We welcome Lord Darzi's commitment to avoid a national blueprint and to ensure that any future changes to services are clinician led, with the needs of patients paramount and the interests of local people taken into account.