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Some doctors may give up vaccines because of cost
(AP)
 AP - About one in 10 doctors who vaccinate privately insured children are considering dropping that service largely because they are losing money when they do it, according to a new survey.
Study shows families' financial strain from autism
(AP)
AP - More than half a million U.S. children have autism with costly health care needs that often put an unprecedented financial strain on their families, national data show.
Swiss approve pioneering legal heroin program
(AP)
 AP - The world's most comprehensive legalized heroin program became permanent Sunday with overwhelming approval from Swiss voters who simultaneously rejected the decriminalization of marijuana.
Global AIDS crisis overblown? Some dare to say so
(AP)
 AP - As World AIDS Day is marked on Monday, some experts are growing more outspoken in complaining that AIDS is eating up funding at the expense of more pressing health needs.
China pledges to fight AIDS discrimination
(AP)
 AP - Chinese health authorities and the U.N. AIDS agency pledged to fight discrimination against people with the disease in China with the unveiling Sunday of a massive red ribbon, the symbol of AIDS awareness, at the Olympic Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing.
Obesity fuels fears of faster diabetes rise
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The prevalence of diabetes worldwide will far outstrip even the sharp increase currently projected unless rising trends of obesity are controlled, health experts said on Saturday.
India's hijras spread safe sex message in life or death AIDS fight
(AFP)
 AFP - Savitha was born a boy but became a girl at the age of 16. Nine years on, she sells cheap sex to lorry drivers at a dusty truck stop outside the southern Indian city of Bangalore.
Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 1, 2008
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of CenterWatch:
Scans Show Sound-Processing Deficits in Autistic Kids
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Children with autism spectrum
disorder process sounds a fraction of a second slower than other children,
an abnormality that offers insight into listening and language issues
linked to the condition, a new study says.
Study Recruiting From Alzheimer's-Prone Families
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDay News) -- The adult children of people with
the rarer, inherited form of Alzheimer's disease are being sought for a
new study to better understand the biology of the brain disorder.
Radioactive 'Seed' Rx Helps Women With Implants Fight Breast
Cancer
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Women who have had their
breasts augmented with implants and are later diagnosed with early-stage
breast cancer may be treated successfully with a partial-breast radiation
treatment known as brachytherapy, according to an Arizona physician and
researcher.
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