August 31, 2010
Canada should follow the lead of Quebec, Australia and the United Kingdom by publicly funding smoking cessation pharmacotherapies, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) (pre-embargo link only) http://www.cmaj.ca/embargo/cmaj101140.pdf.Some 5.5 million Canadians (19% of the population) currently use tobacco, a number that has not decreased in recent years. A 2009 review of studies indicates that full financial reimbursement of smoking cessation medications significantly improves one-year abstinence rates among all smokers. And those who quit live, on average, an additional four years. Fully funding these tools in Canada could result in a gain of 1.9 million life-years, at a cost of $220 for every life-year gained, which is a bargain compared with other health interventions.Currently, only Quebec publicly funds all smoking cessation pharmacotherapies, and only the Yukon and Prince Edward Island reimburse for at least one product. In Australia and the United Kingdom reimbursement is available without restriction for all products, including prescription medications and over-the-counter nicotine replacement. In the United States, these products are reimbursed by Veterans Affairs and Part D Medicare.The editorial writers propose immediately including smoking cessation therapies in all provincial drug formularies so that smokers over the age of 65 and those receiving social assistance can have free access. Then "follow the lead of other countries and reimburse smoking cessation therapies for everyone," write Erika D. Penz and Braden J. Manns of the University of Calgary, Dr. Matthew B. Stanbrook, Deputy Editor Scientific and Dr. Paul Hebert, Editor-in-Chief. "An appropriate source of funding for this is obvious: the substantial tax revenues collected with the sale of every tobacco product."---On the Net:Canadian Medical Association Journal
Global NGO Provides Vitally Needed Surgery and Medical Care in Port-au-Prince Millwood, VA (PRWEB) August 18, 2011 Project HOPE volunteers will arrive in Haiti on Friday to provide medical care for underserved communities, in collaboration with the U.S. Navy on the hospital ship, the USNS Comfort, which ...
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NASA Dryden Flight Research Center awards $10M 5 year safety, health, and environmental on-site support services contract to Integrated Science Solutions, Inc. Walnut Creek, California (PRWEB) August 19, 2011 NASA-Dryden Flight Research Center, California has awarded a $10M, 5-year on-site support services contract to Integrated Science Solutions, ...
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Bruce Trask and Angel Roman of MDE Systems Inc. will be delivering a Model Driven Engineering tutorial at the 15th International Software Product Line Conference 2011 (SPLC 2011) in Munich Germany on the 22nd of August 2011 Bronx, New York (PRWEB) August 19, 2011 Bruce Trask and ...
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Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions today introduced its new GENi2 gel documentation system, the next generation version of its affordable motorized GENi range. This point and press system is ideal for scientists wanting to produce accurate images of fluorescent DNA gels, as well as ...
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San Francisco natropathic doctor Paul Lynn reveals the results of his years of research on combating the effects of aging. His simple solution is already sitting in most households: baking soda. (PRWEB) August 19, 2011 Anti-aging doctor Paul Lynn recently announced his findings that the secret to ...
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Highly Reliable Systems has a new high performance, 9TB backup cartridge called a RAIDPac for their RAIDFrame product line. Reno, Nevada (PRWEB) August 19, 2011 Highly Reliable Systems has announced a high performance, high capacity backup system based on a RAID5 removable cartridge. Each removable “RAIDPac” ...
When a male rat senses the presence of a fetching female rat, a certain region of his brain lights up with neural activity, in anticipation of romance. Now Stanford University researchers have discovered that in male rats infected with the parasite Toxoplasma, the same region responds just as strongly to ...
